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PRESIDENT’S
CORNER
LISA VITIELLO, CPA
CAI-NJ 2018 PRESIDENT | TOWNE & COUNTRY MANAGEMENT, INC.
"Our communities are micro-cities.
Like NYC, we have our share of
security issues."
“Our goal is to make the
New Jersey Chapter the #1
Chapter recognized nationwide
for delivering the best value
to our members.”
A
s I am writing this article, everyone in New Jersey
is getting ready for another significant, Nor’easter
snow storm. Alas, there goes the snow savings .
While the snow contractors dig us out from
(we hope)
the
last March snow, our managers and boards are a season
ahead. Everyone is busy locking down pool, lawn care
and irrigation contracts and scheduling their spring and
summer projects.
Get your mulch and flowers in as early as possible. These
little extras help to bring in Springtime and add to the curb
appeal of our homes.
There are
new
NJ Public Recreational Bathing Code
Regulations for the 2018 pool season. Check out the arti-
cle, “2018 Changes to The New Jersey Public Recreational
Bathing Code,” for the details. No one wants to run afoul
of the pool inspectors.
The Board of Directors of CAI-NJ has our own “spring
into summer” project. The board will be putting the final
touches on our strategic plan for the future of our chapter.
Our goal is to make the New Jersey chapter the #1 chapter
recognized nationwide for delivering the best value to our
members.
How will we do that you ask? Through education and
advocacy.
CAI-NJ has our
Lecture Series
which highlights the most
current and relevant topics related to our communities.
The new 2018 NJ Public Recreational Bathing Code
Regulations was the latest topic in our Lecture Series.
We also have
Best Practice Roundtables
for our home-
owner leaders, managers and business partners as well as
Leadership Development Workshops
for our homeowners
and board leaders. We continually evaluate these pro-
grams and will continue to improve upon them to keep
them pertinent to the parti ipants and o r industry.
The CAI-NJ chapter has a wealth of experience and
knowledge in our
Legislative Action Committee (LAC).
The
LAC members are seasoned in community association gov-
ernance and the LAC members are representative of each
of our membership groups (homeowner leaders, managers
and business partners).
The LAC Committee monitors proposed legislation to
ascertain the impact to our community associations and
together, the chapter and LAC take action where appro-
priate. Be on the lookout for the next LAC Update. Our
chapter hosts
LAC Updates
in several locations and dates
throughout the state.
With March coming in like a Lion, my hope is that it goes
out like a Lamb so we can spring into summer !!!
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